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2. Fauna of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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   The history of the fauna of Madagascar in the context of plate tectonics and paleoclimate over the last 200 million years (Aepyornithidae arrived later than is indicated). A good example of Malagasy convergent evolution is the fossa, a Malagasy carnivore that has evolved in appearance and behaviour to be so like a large cat that it was originally classified in Felidae, when it is in fact more ...

3. Wildlife of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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   As a result of the island's long isolation from neighboring continents, Madagascar is home to an abundance of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. [2] [3] Approximately 90 percent of all plant and animal species found in Madagascar are endemic, [4] including the lemurs (a type of strepsirrhine primate), the carnivorous fossa and

4. List of mammals of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Madagascar.As of June 2014 (following the IUCN reassessment of the lemurs) there are 241 extant mammal species recognized in Madagascar, of which 22 are critically endangered, 62 are endangered, 32 are vulnerable, 9 are near threatened, 72 are of least concern and 44 are either data deficient or not evaluated.

5. Silvery creature hiding in spiky plants of Madagascar turns ...

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   In central Madagascar, a “soft chirp-like” sound competed for attention in the noisy forest. The sound came from a silvery creature hiding in a spiky plant.

6. List of birds of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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   The sickle-billed vanga belongs to the family Vangidae, one of Madagascar's families.. Madagascar is an island nation located off the southeastern coast of Africa.Because of its long separation from neighboring continents—through tectonic movement, it split from Africa about 160 million years ago, and from India around 90 million years ago—it contains many species endemic to the island. [1]

7. Madagascar (TV series) - Wikipedia

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   Madagascar is a British nature documentary series, first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD in February 2011. Produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and Animal Planet and narrated by David Attenborough, the three-part series focuses on the landscape and wildlife of the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Attenborough also appears briefly ...

8. Beelzebufo - Wikipedia

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   Beelzebufo (/ b iː ˌ ɛ l z ɪ ˈ b juː f oʊ / or / ˌ b iː l z ə ˈ b juː f oʊ /) is an extinct genus of hyloid frog from the Late Cretaceous Berivotra and Maevarano Formations of Madagascar. [1] The type species is B. ampinga, and common names assigned by the popular media to B. ampinga include devil frog, [2] devil toad, [3] and the ...

9. List of reptiles of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of reptiles in Madagascar. Total number of species = 406 [1] Snakes. Boas (Boidae) Acrantophis madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)